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Paris Tour from Ancient Rome Paris to the Republic
Spend a day in Paris discovering Paris Ancient, Medieval, and then 19th Century history. From the Gaules to the Baron Haussmann, this tour is great for people who already know Paris and have done the main highlights and want to dig in more into a more off the beaten crowds places. On this tour you will get by the Louvre but to understand how the avenues on both sides remodeled transportation and modern commodities in Paris. You will also go to Notre Dame, but in the crypt to discover unique Roma
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Overview
- ✓Spend a day in Paris discovering Paris Ancient, Medieval, and then 19th Century history.
- ✓From the Gaules to the Baron Haussmann, this tour is great for people who already know Paris and have done the main highlights and want to dig in more into a more off the beaten crowds places.
- ✓On this tour you will get by the Louvre but to understand how the avenues on both sides remodeled transportation and modern commodities in Paris.
- ✓You will also go to Notre Dame, but in the crypt to discover unique Roman remains of the Ancient Paris.
- ✓This is really a tour for History lovers.
Spend a day in Paris discovering Paris Ancient, Medieval, and then 19th Century history. From the Gaules to the Baron Haussmann, this tour is great for people who already know Paris and have done the main highlights and want to dig in more into a more off the beaten crowds places. On this tour you will get by the Louvre but to understand how the avenues on both sides remodeled transportation and modern commodities in Paris. You will also go to Notre Dame, but in the crypt to discover unique Roman remains of the Ancient Paris. This is really a tour for History lovers.
Spend a day in Paris discovering Paris Ancient, Medieval, and then 19th Century history. From the Gaules to the Baron Haussmann, this tour is great for people who already know Paris and have done the main highlights and want to dig in more into a more off the beaten crowds places. On this tour you will get by the Louvre but to understand how the avenues on both sides remodeled transportation and modern commodities in Paris. You will also go to Notre Dame, but in the crypt to discover unique Roman remains of the Ancient Paris. This is really a tour for History lovers.
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What’s Included
- ✓Public transportation (bus, subway, cable car, etc.)
- ✓Entrance fees
- ✓In-vehicle air conditioning
What’s NOT Included
- ✗Lunch
What to Bring
- •Service animals allowed
- •Public transportation options are available nearby
- •Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- •Specialized infant seats are available
- •Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- •Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Meeting and Pickup
🚐Hotel pickup included
2,107 pickup locations available — or request your own hotel
Pickup starts 15 min before departure
Your guide, Igor R. will meet you at your place in Paris, Hotel, B&B appartment.
Good to know
- Guide languages
- English, French, Spanish
- Book at least
- 1 day(s) before
- Ages
- Traveler 0–120
- Cancellation
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
1 h
Your guide, and expert of Paris history will bring to life the importance of the games in the daily life of the gallo-romans, back in Lutetia 2000 years ago. Likely built in the 1st century AD, they were destroyed two centuries later during the Germanic invasions. They gradually disappeared until, in 1869, a miracle occurred. Rue Monge was opened, and the arena was reborn. A quintessential place of entertainment in Roman life, the arena would probably not be there today without Victor Hugo. In 1869, the city council wanted to build a tram depot on the site, but the writer fought back: "It is impossible that Paris, the city of the future, should renounce the living proof that it was once a city of the past." Thus, what is now the oldest monument in Paris endures, and the arena appears to have been among the largest in Gaul, with a capacity of 15,000 people.
1 h
Here, still in the Ancient Roman Paris, you will understand how much daily baths, hot, cold, massage, and gym was an essential part of the dignitaries of Lutetia, and what represented this central institution in the life of Romans in Lutetia. Within the current Cluny Museum – a museum of the Middle Ages – lie the remains of Gallo-Roman public baths, remarkably well-preserved despite the barbarian invasions that attempted to destroy them completely. Restored by Louis XVIII in 1819, the baths were ceded to the State in 1843.
1 h
Inside the crypt of Notre Dame de Paris, you will enter the crypt where you can see the actual forum, one of the walls of the ancient market where the local were bartering and buying/selling local products as well as products from all over the Roman Empire. You'll understand here how much this empire was about diverses cultures mixing all together.
1 h
Your guide will now take you on a journey in the 19th Century when the Police chief of Paris, Baron Haussmann, decided for safety and hygiene reasons to transform the city with new streets, avenues, and boulevard, shaping for ever a completely new Paris
1 h
Along the Paris Grand Boulevards, by the Printemps, Galeries Lafayette, your guide will explain you how fashion and ready to wear revolutionized the life of women back in 1880, 1890.
1 min
Along the Avenue Foch and its impressive private mansions discover Paris ultimate luxury where the very rich and powerful stay when they come to the city of lights. The Avenue Foch was built at the time of the Haussmann transformation of Paris to host friends of the power in place of Napoleon Bonaparte.
1 h
On the Place Vendome, between high end jewelry boutiques and the Ritz hotel understand the importance of this square and the column in the center in the tumultuous history of France.
1 h
Take a peak inside the Opera de Paris and explore more the outside of the place to understand the Haussmann style, a blend of efficiency, and comfort and baroque style.
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